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>> dana: the third thing teach people how not to write a novel. it read the first chapter and thought it was so poorly done i couldn't get through it and i went back to my "weekly standard." >> dana: let me ask you something. >> andrea: you have a good opinion on this. is this that men have become so femmennized and women become more masculine where they read a book where a man has take charge role and tie women up, women love it? >> greg: romance novels have been around forever. fabio on the cover of many books. some i own to this day. hey fabs! this is a for fect metaphor for today's universities. i don't know what metaphor is. if you learn to write write er ratca, at least you learned something and you can make money on it. that beats gender studies. i applied for a job in late '80s and got "it" penthouse magazine and i wrote a lot about cutoffs. dab >> dana: he applied for a job at penthouse letters and he got it. >> greg: but everybody gets a job at penthouse letters. they send you a folder filled with examples of the letters and they give yo
>> dana: the third thing teach people how not to write a novel. it read the first chapter and thought it was so poorly done i couldn't get through it and i went back to my "weekly standard." >> dana: let me ask you something. >> andrea: you have a good opinion on this. is this that men have become so femmennized and women become more masculine where they read a book where a man has take charge role and tie women up, women love it? >> greg: romance novels have...
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bond did have 60 books, mostly romance novels, published the traditional way before she struck out on her own. was it a little scary? >> it was but at that point i really didn't have a choice. my publisher had decided that they were going to drop the series that i had written. i didn't have any money coming in. >> reporter: but now with romance one of the hottest categories for self-published books, her novels are flying off the virtual shelves. this past week a bond book was number two on amazon's kindle best seller list. although she no longer gets advances or up-front payments for her work, she creates royalties of up to 70% instead of the 10-15% publishers usually pay. and even with charging only 99 cents for some books, bond says she made more than half a million dollars in the last year. but not everyone sees this as a bonanza. >> when you price a book at 99 cents, $1.99 i personally think it devalues the author's time and effort. >> reporter: how long have you been in the world of publishing? >> i've been about 35 years. reporter: jamie rabb is the chief of grand central publis
bond did have 60 books, mostly romance novels, published the traditional way before she struck out on her own. was it a little scary? >> it was but at that point i really didn't have a choice. my publisher had decided that they were going to drop the series that i had written. i didn't have any money coming in. >> reporter: but now with romance one of the hottest categories for self-published books, her novels are flying off the virtual shelves. this past week a bond book was number...
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the novel is "the black box." michael connelly, thank you so much. >> good luck with the tv series. i bet it is going to be great. >> up next is apple stock set for a rebound after going sour yesterday? brian sullivan joins us next. can i help you? i heard you guys can ship ground for less than the ups store. that's right. i've learned the only way to get a holiday deal is to camp out. you know we've been open all night. is this a trick to get my spot? [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. save on ground shipping at fedex office. bp has paid overthe people of bp twenty-threeitment to the gulf.. billion dollars to help those affected and to cover cleanup costs. today, the beaches and gulf are open, and many areas are reporting their best tourism seasons in years. and bp's also committed to america. we support nearly 250,000 jobs and invest more here than anywhere else. we're working to fuel america for generations to come. our commitment has never been stronger. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 at schwab, we're committed to offering you tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 low-cost investment option
the novel is "the black box." michael connelly, thank you so much. >> good luck with the tv series. i bet it is going to be great. >> up next is apple stock set for a rebound after going sour yesterday? brian sullivan joins us next. can i help you? i heard you guys can ship ground for less than the ups store. that's right. i've learned the only way to get a holiday deal is to camp out. you know we've been open all night. is this a trick to get my spot? [ male announcer ]...
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. >> other headlines making news are the novel fifty shades of gray was so successful selling more than 35 million copies, every single employee will be seeing shades of green. random house announcing it is giving every single worker who has been there for at least a year from the top editors all the way to the warehouse workers a 5,000 dollar bonus each. this is for several thousand employees. they want to be sure. >> bill: i want to say i read the book. >> did you really? >> i read the book on my trip to turkey. i took it with me. carol could not believe it. >> peter: you read "fifty shades of gray". >> it is pure porn. >> is it? >> it's pure porn and it's not even good porn. it's badly-written porn. >> you are a connoisseur of good porn >> bill: exactly. i know good porn when i read it or enjoy it. >> peter: now i kind of want to read it >> bill: i can give you my copy. >> rock and roll hall of fame announcesing inductees, donna summer. >> not rock and roll. >> albert king? >> blues. >> public enemy? >> not rock and roll. >> heart? >> rock and roll. >> rush? and randy newman? >> not
. >> other headlines making news are the novel fifty shades of gray was so successful selling more than 35 million copies, every single employee will be seeing shades of green. random house announcing it is giving every single worker who has been there for at least a year from the top editors all the way to the warehouse workers a 5,000 dollar bonus each. this is for several thousand employees. they want to be sure. >> bill: i want to say i read the book. >> did you really?...
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martha: a novel attempt. she should find another way to make money, different line of business. bill: more than just a t t-shirt inside that canyon. martha: that is for sure. bill: we have major developments unfolding in the middle east. we are learning the opposition inee skwreuplt is urging a no vote on the upcoming major referendum about a week away. greg palkot streaming live out of cairo. what is behind the strategy of a no vote on this? >> reporter: they are coming out that way, they decided to participate. they don't like this constitution at all. right now it is calm in cairo, but yesterday we saw protests for and against egyptian president mohammed morsi, and the planned referendum about that controversial constitution. voting is set to begin on saturday. due to a shortage of judges used to monitor the polling some of them have called this document an insult, so they are boycotting it. it's extended to a second saturday december 22nd. the opposition to morsi which has branded this coons taougs islamist and none inclusive will boycott it. they said they wanted to partici
martha: a novel attempt. she should find another way to make money, different line of business. bill: more than just a t t-shirt inside that canyon. martha: that is for sure. bill: we have major developments unfolding in the middle east. we are learning the opposition inee skwreuplt is urging a no vote on the upcoming major referendum about a week away. greg palkot streaming live out of cairo. what is behind the strategy of a no vote on this? >> reporter: they are coming out that way,...
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. >> your novel iyahoo is up. >> she started to roll out new products and new relationships. this is for nbc. they will maintain separate web sites. this gives nbc college cover and there was a new e-mail product they're rolled out. the mill usage is down across the nation because of people taxi and 24texting ang twitter. >> there is a ugly chapter on wall street about the 2008 bailout. people freaked out when eight i g get things back. they paid the government back. >> what did they do with their profit? >> we made almost $23 million. >> the time now is 917 and we want to switch gears and go to our weather. >> there are foggy conditions at the golden gate bridge. we have fault here and especially north of the bridge. visibility is down to zero in san francisco. it is just over a quarter of a mile. this is not everywhere. oakland redwood city are looking good. fairfield going out on 80 is encountering dense fog. you should keep this in mind as you head out the door. the rest of today it will be a chilly morning. most of us will stay dry today a letter on this afternoon we wil
. >> your novel iyahoo is up. >> she started to roll out new products and new relationships. this is for nbc. they will maintain separate web sites. this gives nbc college cover and there was a new e-mail product they're rolled out. the mill usage is down across the nation because of people taxi and 24texting ang twitter. >> there is a ugly chapter on wall street about the 2008 bailout. people freaked out when eight i g get things back. they paid the government back. >>...
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goes into details how it starts and what it is doing that makes it a very novel and different approach. jenna: what makes a difference. >> they're using code from different things called zeus, spy eye, that microsoft shut down earlier. what you will go to the site, think it is your banking site, and what it is doing in the background putting something between you and your bank as you answer the question diverting that to its own server. makes you think on your bank but at the same time is siphoning funds from your own account. jenna: what can we do about it? >> put less money in your account. jenna: we have more money in the account, right? >> what you can do, really gets down we'll have to depend a lot to make sure banks understand this threat. if you use a pc, make sure your anti-virus is up-to-date because signatures change all the time. jenna: we go through this apple versus pc. >> absolutely. jenna: are you more vulnerable on a pc? >> you absolutely are. this threat is targeted specifically, the zeus, spot net, spy i.d. form basis of target only windows-based machines. jenna: okay
goes into details how it starts and what it is doing that makes it a very novel and different approach. jenna: what makes a difference. >> they're using code from different things called zeus, spy eye, that microsoft shut down earlier. what you will go to the site, think it is your banking site, and what it is doing in the background putting something between you and your bank as you answer the question diverting that to its own server. makes you think on your bank but at the same time is...
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i thought it was a novel, great idea. legislation was drafted. i brought it to the senate floor. seven republicans who cosponsored the legislation wouldn't vote for it. we couldn't get 60 votes to bring it to the floor. so a number of us asked president obama if he would do a commission, and he did. it's the bowles-simpson commission. madam president, the bowles-simpson commission was -- didn't have the potential that the judd gregg-kent conrad work had because they sent us something here, we could amendment it, we can -- we can amend it, filibuster it, but we didn't have to worry about that because they couldn't get enough votes from the commissioner to do that. so that was a failure. then president obama entered into negotiations with the speaker, and they had talks that went on for weeks. they failed. and then they had another round of talks. that failed. joe biden, the vice president of the united states, met with the majority leader of the house of representatives, the republican eric cantor. cantor walked out of those meetings. after all of that, there was an agreement made
i thought it was a novel, great idea. legislation was drafted. i brought it to the senate floor. seven republicans who cosponsored the legislation wouldn't vote for it. we couldn't get 60 votes to bring it to the floor. so a number of us asked president obama if he would do a commission, and he did. it's the bowles-simpson commission. madam president, the bowles-simpson commission was -- didn't have the potential that the judd gregg-kent conrad work had because they sent us something here, we...
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since his retirement he's been successful as a broadcaster, attorney and a novelist and among his novels he has written a series of books for young readers on sports. he joins me now on the phone. tim, good morning to you. >> good morning, don, good to be with you. >> good to be with you, too, thanks for coming on. you have children. you've written for kids and coached them. do you worry about young athletes taking the wrong message about performance-enhancing drugs? >> absolutely. whatever young players hear about professional athletes, using performance drugs, the message is loud and clear that it is a part of the game and it's a way to, you know, it's a prerequisite to get to the next level and ultimately the highest level, and when the players union, and i understand they need to use bargaining chips for different issues, but i just think it's a tragedy that they're fighting human growth hormone testing, because that sends a very clear message to young athletes and that is that hgh is part of getting to the nfl and we don't want to test because we want our players to use it. it's hor
since his retirement he's been successful as a broadcaster, attorney and a novelist and among his novels he has written a series of books for young readers on sports. he joins me now on the phone. tim, good morning to you. >> good morning, don, good to be with you. >> good to be with you, too, thanks for coming on. you have children. you've written for kids and coached them. do you worry about young athletes taking the wrong message about performance-enhancing drugs? >>...
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the exemption level is set high historical novel. it has come down significantly. big argument from conservatives is it hits small businesses and farms. the number a hits is a small fraction. host: if nothing happens, what happens to the estate tax? guest: then it goes back to the levels of an exemption of $1 million. host: and that could hit about 55,000 estates in 2013. what do republicans want to do? guest: a lot of republicans like to see this repealed. some democrats support that on principle that there should not be an estate tax. the reality is that pretty much everybody in the room acknowledges it would be too big of a hit to the treasury to repeal it. it was extended at a rate that they found favorable. the most likely outcome is that it continues at its current level, assuming they get some sort of deal to extend many of the bush-era tax cuts. host: the white house estate tax proposal is to increase it to 45%. host: you said there is a populist backlash on this. why? guest: conservatives have been able to showcase this as a death tax. you are being taxed
the exemption level is set high historical novel. it has come down significantly. big argument from conservatives is it hits small businesses and farms. the number a hits is a small fraction. host: if nothing happens, what happens to the estate tax? guest: then it goes back to the levels of an exemption of $1 million. host: and that could hit about 55,000 estates in 2013. what do republicans want to do? guest: a lot of republicans like to see this repealed. some democrats support that on...
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they take a novel approach to eelect trorl politics, using the militia to coerce people into voting for them. but the failure of designating hezbollah as a terrorist group is not merely a problem because it gives a terrorist organization authorization, but it makes it more difficult to prosecute crimes by hezbollah in europe. it allows them to use europe to prop began dies and train new members. the european union obviously will make its own decisions on this matter but it's hard to escape the conclusion that the e.u.'s failure to designate hezbollah undermines both europe's security and ours as well. the state department top terrorism official said he's cautiously optimistic at last about the prospects for e.u. designation of the group, end quote. i hope his optimism is justified but until it is borne out with all-designation, it is important to go on record in urging the european union to make that designation which would be so beneficial to the fight against terrorism worldwide and to our national security. i urge my colleagues to support this referendum and reserve the balance of my
they take a novel approach to eelect trorl politics, using the militia to coerce people into voting for them. but the failure of designating hezbollah as a terrorist group is not merely a problem because it gives a terrorist organization authorization, but it makes it more difficult to prosecute crimes by hezbollah in europe. it allows them to use europe to prop began dies and train new members. the european union obviously will make its own decisions on this matter but it's hard to escape the...
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. >> i learned from david, whose novels about this twilight world are so wonderful, that there are no analogies we can point to to take comfort from as we go forward. and so we'd better hope that point "a" is also correct. >> i thought the lincoln analogy was dead on. and what a great movie going season for do like us. mika, what did you learn today? >> the search for a cure continues. slash the stache, remember that last week? it continues. check it out
. >> i learned from david, whose novels about this twilight world are so wonderful, that there are no analogies we can point to to take comfort from as we go forward. and so we'd better hope that point "a" is also correct. >> i thought the lincoln analogy was dead on. and what a great movie going season for do like us. mika, what did you learn today? >> the search for a cure continues. slash the stache, remember that last week? it continues. check it out
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the exemption level is set high historical novel. it has come down significantly. big argument from conservatives is it hits small businesses and farms. the number a hits is a small fraction. host: if nothing happens, what happens to the estate tax? guest: then it goes back to the levels of an exemption of $1 million. host: and that could hit about 55,000 estates in 2013. what do republicans want to do? guest: a lot of republicans like to see this repealed. some democrats support that on principle that there should not be an estate tax. the reality is that pretty much everybody in the room acknowledges it would be too big of a hit to the treasury to repeal it. it was extended at a rate that they found favorable. the most likely outcome is that it continues at its current level, assuming they get some sort of deal to extend many of the bush-era tax cuts. host: the white house estate tax proposal is to increase it to 45%. host: you said there is a populist backlash on this. why? guest: conservatives have been able to showcase this as a death tax. you are being taxed
the exemption level is set high historical novel. it has come down significantly. big argument from conservatives is it hits small businesses and farms. the number a hits is a small fraction. host: if nothing happens, what happens to the estate tax? guest: then it goes back to the levels of an exemption of $1 million. host: and that could hit about 55,000 estates in 2013. what do republicans want to do? guest: a lot of republicans like to see this repealed. some democrats support that on...
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. >> i learned from david, whose novels about this twilight world are so wonderful, that there are no analogies we can point to to take comfort from as we go forward. and so we'd better hope that point "a" is also correct. >> i thought the lincoln analogy was dead on. and what a
. >> i learned from david, whose novels about this twilight world are so wonderful, that there are no analogies we can point to to take comfort from as we go forward. and so we'd better hope that point "a" is also correct. >> i thought the lincoln analogy was dead on. and what a